Typographical machine



D. S. KENNEDY. TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24, 1920.

Nov.- 8, 1921.

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INVENT Mifillja? I R! k QM) S 7%:% We wim YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 MERGENTHALERLINO- PORATION OF NEW DAVID S. KENNEDY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW TYPE COMPANY, ACOR PATENT OFFICE.

YORK.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

Application filed February 24, 1920. Serial No.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID S. KENNEDY a citizen of the rooklyn, in the 7United States, residing at county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Typographical Machines,of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawing.

is invention relates to typographical machines, such as linotypemachines of the general organization represented in Letters Patent ofthe United States, No. 436,532, to O. Mergentha-ler, wherein circulatingmatrices are released from a magazine in the order in which theircharacters are to appear in print and then assembled in line, thecomposed line transferred to the face of a mold, the mold filled withmolden metal to form a slug or linotype against the matrices whichproduce the type characters thereon, and the matrices thereafterelevated and returned through distributingmechanism to the magazine fromwhich they started. More particularly, it relates to machines equippedwith a plurality of magazines containing diiferent matrix fonts, and anyselected one of which may be brought into action at will.

In one class of such machines, the magazines are mounted in or carriedby a so-called shift frame, which is arranged to be moved upwardly anddownwardly in the machine frame to bring one or another of the magazinesinto cooperative relation to the assembling and distributing devices. nprior constructions, the location of the selected magazines in properedgewise relation to the distributing devices has been troublesome, notonly because of the inherent dificulty of constructing the parts in theprecise manner required, but also by reason of the Wear and warpingofthe parts in use, and for other reasons.

The present invention aims to obviate foregoing objections andcontemplates an arrangement which will positively insure the location ofthe operative magazine in proper edgewise relation to the distributingdevices, and this without requiring such accurate workmanship in themanufacture of the various parts. The manner in which this result isattained will be fully set forth in the detailed description to follow.

In the accompanying drawings, I have Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921. 360,594.

shown my improvements merely in preferred form and by way of example,and obviously many changes and variations may be made tierein and intheir mode of application which will still be comprised within thespirit or" my invention. Thus, while my mprovements have herein beenillustrated in connection with a machine of the shiftable-multiple-magazine variety, they are equally applicable to machinesof other kinds or to machines employing but one magazine which may beremoved at will and replaced by another. Generally speaking, I desire itto be understood that I do not imit myself to any specific form or emfaras such limitations are sp'ecified in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of a linotype machine havingmy improve ments embodied therein;

*ig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1 lookingdownwardly;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 lookingrearwardly; and

Fig. l is a view of a detail.

The matrices are stored according to font in the superposed channeledmagazines A, three of which are shown herein but of which a greater orless number might be employed if desired. The several magazines aremounted upon the separate base-frames A conjointly constituting ashiftframe,

'which is arranged to be moved upwardly and downwardly in the fixedmachine-frame to bring any selected one of the magazines into operativerelation to the channeled assembler entrance B and the channeledmagazine-entrance C, the latter leading from the distributer-bar D alongwhich the matrices are carried by the rotary screws D Each of themagazines A is provided with the'matrix releasing escapements E, (Fig.l), which, when the magazine is brought into operative position. areactuated through the medium of the pivoted levers E by the reeds Econtrolled in the usual way from the keyboard E The magazine shift-frame(Fig. l) is carried by a sliding plunger which is raised and loweredwithin the sleeve 0 by screw-thread mechanism actuated through theconnecting shaft L from the hand wheel L. The parts so far described,except as hereinafter specified, are or may be the ame as shown ,mg orother causes, will channels is automatically and positively insured atall times, so that any inaccuracies in the assembled parts, due tofaulty manufacture or poor workmanship, wear, warpbe fully comto say,any faulty or any disarrangecauses will always e gage pieces and thepensated for. That is construction of the parts ment thereof from otherbe taken care of by th channels of aid parts in proper lateralregistration or relation.

If desired, the gage blocks or abutments F may be attached directly tothe magazines instead of to their base frames, although the latterarrangement is preferable in machines such as illustrated herein, as thebase frames usually form permanent parts of the machines and are notremoved, like the magazines, in interchanging the matrix fonts. However,in machines of the single magazine variety, it might be desirable tolocate the gage blocks directly on the magazine, and especially when itis intended to rely upon the replacing movement of a magazine on itsbase-frame to effect the proper adjustment of the magazine-entrance.

In addition to the adjustment of the magazine-entrance as abovedescribed, it is proposed to effect a corresponding adjust ment of thedistributer-bar D so that the proper lateral location of its matrixreleasing combinations (8 with reference to the corresponding channelsof the magazine-entrance may be maintained at all times. To this end,the distributer-bar is attached to the main frame by means of shoulderedstuds D passing loosely through elongated openings D of the bar andscrewed into the main frame (see Fig. 2), whereby the bar may beadjusted in an endwise direction to anextent corresponding to that ofthe magazine-entrance. In the present embodiment, such longitudinaladjustment of the bar is effected by connections between it and themagazine-entrance, which latter therefore, as it is adjusted edgewise inthe manner previously described, simultaneously adjusts thedistributer-bar longitudinally to the required extent. In the formshown, these connections comprise a gage piece H secured to-theentrance-frame 0 near the top and normally, though detachably, engagedwith a notch or recess J of an alining plate J secured to and dependingfrom the distributer-bar. At its notch-engaging end, the gage pieceI-I,like the gage piece F has its opposite side faces straight and paralleland is formed with oppositely extending beveled surfaces H and similarlythe notch or recess J like the recess G has its opposite side wallsstraight and parallel so as to contact with the opposite side faces ofsaid gage piece, these contacting surfaces thus constituting the aliningsurfaces by which the correct lateral relation of the bar-coinbinationsand the corresponding entrancechannels is determined. By reason of thisconstruction, the magazine-entrance is free to be moved at will into andout of operative relation to the distributor-bar as customary (seedotted lines in Fig. 1). As the magazine-entrance is restored tooperative position, the gage piece H is rengaged with the notchedalining plate J and will by such engagement automatically adjust thedistributer-bar longitudinally (if need be) to locate it in properrelation to the magazineentrance, in the same way that the entranceitself is located with reference to the magazines by the mutualcooperation of the gage blocks F and the alining lug G. In thisconnection, it may be noted that the engagement of the gage blocks Fwith the alining lug G takes place slightly in advance of that of thegage piece H with the alining plate the final closing movement of theentrance acts not only to effect its own proper adjustment in relationto the magazine but also that of the distributerbar to correspond. Asbefore noted, when the entrance is in operative relation to thedistributer-bar, the gage piece H and the alining plate J serve toconnect the two parts together as one single structure, so that bothwill be adjusted simultaneously by the movement of the magazines.

The use of the expression tration in this specification and in theclaims is not intended to mean that the side walls of theentrance-channels must actually coincide with the side walls of themagazine channels, but merely that such channels occupy some definitelateral relation to each other as required for proper passage of thematrices therethrough. Thus, in the drawlateral regis- 'ings, themagazine and magazine-entrance (being of regular form) contemplate thealinement of the entrance partitions with the ends of the magazine ribs,whereas, in other constructions, this particular relation of the partsis not demanded, but, on the contrary, some of the entrance partitionsare arranged out of alinement with the corresponding magazine ribs. Noris this invention confined to machines employing a grooved magazine anda zine-entrance, but it is equally applicable to machines equipped witha magazine and a magazine-entrance, either or both of which have theirchannels constituted by grooves or partitions. It may also be noted thatthe registering devices herein illustrated are susceptible of variousmodifications. Thus, the gage pieces shown and described are constructedto shift the magapartitioned maga.

' skilled in .magazines, to cooperate with the selected magazine andzine-entrance and the distributer-bar positively in both directions,whereas these devices might be modified so as to effect the shifting ofthe parts in one direction only and a spring or the like employed toshift them in the opposite direction, etc.

It is further pointed out that while, in the machine illustrated, theadjustability of the distributer-bar is intended to insure its properlocation with reference to the magazine-entrance, such feature ofadjustment would be equally advantageous in a machine wherein themagazine were arranged to receive the matrices directly from thedistributer-bar without the interposition of a magazine-entrance.

In short, I have shown my improvements only in preferred form and by wayof eX- ample and as applied to a particular class of machine, butobviously many modifications and alterations therein and in their modeof application will suggest themselves to those the art withoutdeparture from the scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention its construction and mode ofoperation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is as follows:

1. In a typographical distributing machine, the combination of achanneled magazine, a channeled magazine-entrance to cooperatetherewith, and adjustable as a whole in an edgewise direction to locateits channels in proper lateral registration with the correspondingchannels of the magazine, and means to determine the required adjustmentof said entrance. 7

2. In a typographical distributing machine, the combination of achanneled magazine movable into and out of operative position, achanneled magazine-entrance to cooperate therewith and adjustable in anedgewise direction to locate its channels in proper lateral registrationwith the corresponding channels of the magazine, and automatic meansacting when said magazine is moved to operative position to effect therequired adjustment of the magazine-entrance.

3. In a typographical distributing machine, the combination of aplurality of channeled magazines movable to bring any selected onethereof into operative position, means for effecting such movement ofthe a magazine-entrance arranged adjustable in an edgewise direction tolocate the corresponding channels of sa d parts in proper lateralregistration, and automatic means acting when the selected magazine ismoved to operative position to effect the required adjustment of themagazine-entrance.

4c. In a typographical distributing machine, the combination of achanneled maga-' zine, a channeled magazine-end ance movable into andoutof operat1ve relation to the magazine and relatively adjustable in anedgewise direction to locate the corresponding channels of said parts inproper lateral registration, and automatic means acting when saidmagazine-entrance is moved to operative position to effect the requiredadjustment thereof.

5. In a typographical distributing machine, the combination of achanneled magazine, a channeled magazine-entrance to cooperatetherewith, one of said parts being movable into and out of operativerelation to the other, and the magazine-entrance being adjustablerelatively to the magazine in an edgewise direction to locate theircorre sponding channels in proper lateral registration, and automaticmeans foreifecting the required adjustment of the magazineentrancewhen-the movable part is brought to operative position, the saidmeansincluding a gage-piece associated with one part and arranged toengage a'cooperating por-, tion of the other part in determining the,correct edgewise relation of said parts.

.6. In a typographical distributing machine, the combination of achanneled magazine, a channeled magazine-entrance to coregistration, andautomatic means for efiecting the required ad ustment of the maga- 100.

zine-entrance when the movable part 15 brought to operative position,the said means including a gage piece associated with one part andhaving parallel side faces and formed with beveled surfaces, and a 00-105 operating aliningmember associated with the other part and formedwith anopenparallel side-walled groove or recess to receive the gagepiece.

7. In a typographical distributing ma- 11 0 chine, the combination ofachanneledmagazine movable into and out of operative position, achanneled magazine-entrance arranged to cooperate with the magazine, andautomatic means is moved to operative position to adjust the magazineand magazine-entrance relatively to each other'in an edgewise directionand locate the corresponding channels of said parts in. proper lateralregistration.

8. In a typographical distributing machine, the combination of aplurality of channeled'magazines movable to bring any selected. onethereof into operative position,

means for effecting such movement of the 125 magazines, a channeledmagazine-entrance to co'o crate with the selected magazine, andautomatic means acting when the selected magazine is-movedto operativeposition to adjust said 'magazineand the magazine- 130 acting when themagazine 1155' entrance relatively to each other in an edgewisedirection and locate the corresponding channels of said parts in properlateral registration.

9. In a typographical distributing machine, the combination of achanneled magazine, a channeled magazine-entrance movable into and outof operative relation to the magazine, and automatic means acting whensaid entrance is moved to operative position to adjust it and themagazine relatively to each other in an edgewise direction and locatetheir corresponding channels in proper lateral registration.

In a typographical distributing machine, the combination of a channeledmagazine, a channeled magazine-entrance to cooperate therewith, one ofsaid parts being movable into and out of operative relation to theother, and one being adjustable relatively to the other in an edgewisedirection to locate the corresponding channels of said parts in properlateral registration, and automatic means for effecting the requiredadjustment of the adjustable part when the movable part is brought tooperative position, the said means including a gage piece associatedwith one part and arranged to engage a cooperating portion of the otherpart in determining the correct edgewise relation of said parts.

11. In a typographical machine, the combination of a channeled magazinemovable into and out of operative position, a channeled member tocooperate with the magazine and relatively adjustable in an edgewisedirection to locate the corresponding channels of said parts in properlateral registration, and automatic means for effecting the requiredadjustment of the channeled member when the magazine is moved tooperative position. v

12. In a typographical machine, the combination of a channeled magazine,a channeled member to cooperate therewith, one of said parts beingmovable into and out of operative relation to the other, and one beingadjustable relatively to the other in an edgewise direction to locatetheir corresponding channels in proper lateral registration, andautomatic means for effecting the required adjustment of the adjustablepart when the movable part is brought to operative position, the saidmeans including a gage piece associated with one part and arranged toengage a cooperating portion of the other part in determining thecorrect edgewise relation of said parts.

13. In a typographical machine, the combination of a channeled magazine,a channeled member to cooperate therewith, one of said parts beingmovable into and out of operative relation to the other, and ingadjustable relatively to the other in an edgewise direction to locatetheir correone be-.

sponding channels in proper lateral registration, and automatic meansfor effecting the required adjustment of the adjustable part when themovable part is brought to operative position, the said means includ inga gage piece associated with one part and aving parallel side faces andformed with beveled surfaces, and a cooperating alining memberassociated with the other part and formed with an open parallelside-walled groove or recess to receive the gage piece.

14. In a typographical machine, the combination of a distributer-barformed with a series of matrix releasing combinations, and a cooperatingchanneled member to receive the matrices from the distributer-bar, thesaid bar being adjustable longitudinally to set its matrix releasingcombinations in proper lateral relation to the corresponding channels ofthe cooperating member, with means to determine the required adjustmentof said distributer bar.

15. In a typographical machine, the combination of a distributer-barformed with a series of matrix releasing combinations, a channeledmember to receive the matrices therefrom and movable into and out ofoperative position, and automatic means for adjusting thedistributer-bar longitudinally when the channeled member is brought tooperative position and locate the matrix releasing combinations inproper lateral relation to the corresponding channels of said member.

16. In a typographical machine, the combination of a distributer-barformed with a series of matrix releasing combinations, a channeledmember to receive the matrices therefrom and movable into and out ofoperative position, and automatic means acting when said channeledmember is brought to operative position to adjust the distributer-barlongitudinally and locate its matrix releasing combinations in properlateral relation to the corresponding channels of said member, the saidmeans including a gage piece associated with one of the parts andarranged to engage a cooperating portion of the other part indetermining the correct relative position of said parts.

17. In a typographical machine, the combination of a distributer-barformed with a series of matrix releasing combinations, a channeledmember to receive the matrices therefrom and movable into and out ofoperative position, and automatic means acting when said channeledmember is brought to operative position to adjust the distributer-barlongitudinally and locate its matrix releasing combination in properlateral relation, to the corresponding channels of said member, the saidmeans including a beveled gage piece associated with one of the partsand an alining member associated with the other part and formed with anopen notch or recess to, receive the gage piece.

18. In a typographical machine, the combination of a channeled magazine,a distributer-bar formed with a series of matrix releasing combinations,an intermediate channeled magazine-entrance to conduct the matrices fromthe latter to the former and movable into and out of operative relationto said parts, means acting as the magazineentrance is moved tooperative position to adjust it in an edgewise direction and locate itschannels in proper lateral registration with the corresponding channelsof the magazine, and further means acting as the magazine-entrance is somoved to adjust the distributor-bar longitudinally and locate its matrixreleasing combinations in proper lateral relation to the correspondingchannels of the magazine-entrance. V

19. In a typographical machine, the combination of a channeled magazinemovable into and out of operative position, a distributer-bar formedwith a series of matrix releasing combinations, an intermediatechanneled magazine-entrance to conduct the matrices from the latter tothe former, and automatic means acting when the magazine is brought tooperative position to adjust the magazine-entrance in an edgewisedirection and locate itschannels in proper lateral registration with thecorresponding channels of the magazine and also to adjust thedistributer-bar longitudinally and locate its matrix releasingcombinations in proper lateral relation to the corresponding channels ofthe magazine-entrance.

20. In a typographical machine, the com bination of a channeled magazinemovable into and out of operative position, a dis tributer-bar formedwith a series of matrix releasing combinations, an intermediatechanneled magazine-entrance to conduct the matrices from the latter tothe former, automatic means acting when the magazine is brought intooperative position to adjust the magazine-entrance in an edgewisedirection and locate its channels in proper lateral registration withthe corresponding channels of the magazine, and connections between themagazine-entrance and distributer-bar for adjusting the latterlongitudinally to a corresponding extent tormaintain its matrixreleasing combinations in proper lateral relation to the correspondingchannels of the magazine-entrance.

21. In a typographical machine, the combination of a channeled magazine,a distributer-bar formed with a series of matrix releasing combinations,an intermediate magazine-entrance .to conduct the matrices from thelatter to the former and adjustable in an edgewise direction to locateits channels in proper lateral registration with the correspondingchannels of the magazine, the

said distributor-bar being adjustable longitudinally to a correspondingextent to maintain its matrix releasing combinations in proper lateralrelation to the corresponding channels of the magazine-entrance, andconnections between the magazine-entrance and distributer-bar to insuretheir corresponding adjustment.

22. In a typographical machine, the combination of a distributer-barformed with a series of matrix releasing combinations, a channeledmember to receive the matrices therefrom, one of said parts beingmovable into and out of operative relation to the other, and one beingadjustable relatively to the other in a direction longitudinally of thebar to locate the matrix releasing combinations in proper lateralrelation to the corresponding channels of the cooperating member, andautomatic means acting when the movable part is brought to operativeposition to effect the required adjustment of the adjustable part.

23. In a typographical machine, the combination of a distributer-barformed with a series of matrixreleasing combinations, a channeledmember. to' receive the matrices therefrom, one of said parts beingmovable into and out of operative relation to the other, and one beingadjustable relatively to the other in a direction longitudinally of thebar to locate the matrix releasing combinations in proper lateralrelation to the corresponding channels of the cooperating member, andautomatic means acting when the movable part is brought to operativeposition to efl'ect the required adjustment of the adjustable part, thesaid means including a gage piece associated with one part and arrangedto engage a cooperating portion of the other part in determining thecorrect relative position of said parts.

24. In a typographical machine, the combination of a distributer-barformed with a series ofimatrix releasing combinations, a channeledmember to receive the matrices therefrom, one of said parts being movable into and out ofoperative relation to the other, and one beingadjustable relatively to the other in a direction longitudinally of thebar to locate the matrix releasing combinations in proper lateralrelation to the corresponding channels of the cooperating member, andautomatic means acting when the movable part is brought to operativeposition to effect the required adjustment of the adjustable part, the,said means including a beveled gage piece associated with one part, anda cooperating alining member associated with the other part and formedwith an open groove or recess to receive thegage piece.

DAVID S, KENNEDY.

A. KU'RETICH. AUTOMATIC GOOSENECK RELEASER FOR CROSSOVER TIPPLE DUMPSAPPLICATION FILED. APR. 8. 1921.

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